Clipland Blog Index

56th Internation Short Film Festival Oberhausen

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:28:00 +0100

World's oldest short film festival is entering its next round. If you happen to be in Germany this May, mark your calendar for the 56th International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen. As in the years before, the festivals jury will be screening a fine... ..more

Oscar 2010 nominees out

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:16:00 +0000

...and we, of course, care about the short form entries. So here are the nominees for the Academy Award 2010. Nominees for Best Short Film (Animated): Logorama Nicolas Schmerkin *WINNER* French Roast Fabrice O. Joubert Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty ... ..more

Virgin Media Shorts Competition closed

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:51:00 +0100

It's a bit too late to enter the competition, the submission deadline is long gone. So this blog post is no call for entries - that's quite obvious. Still, it makes sense to point your attention towards this interesting competition held by broadband com... ..more

Alien prequel to be helmed by Carl Erik Rinsch

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:51:05 +0100

Fox and Ridley Scott are in talks about continuing the Alien franchise, this time with a prequel. The 5th Alien installment is scheduled for release in 2011. The directing job will go to Carl Erik Rinsch, although Fox is still unhappy with Scott not dir... ..more

2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest award winners

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:45:00 +0100

Hungarian film-maker Karchi Perlmann's The Dinner (Vacsora), the tale of a hapless pig farmer, received the best of festival award at the 2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest Short Film Market, which concluded Sunday. Winners were announced Sunday... ..more

Rest in peace Michael Jackson

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:05:00 +0100

Michael Jackson King of Pop is dead. The sad news reached millions and millions of fans worldwide yesterday when the staff of the UCLA Medical Center and later his brother pronounced him dead. Yet, the exact cause of his death is unknown, a guess might ... ..more

IMDb + Clipland, our Firefox Add-On

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:17:00 +0100

Do you visit the IMDb on a regular basis? And, do you visit Clipland frequently to check out further short form credits? If you answered both questions with yes then this news is for you! IMDB + Clipland is a free and open-source Firefox Add-On that ena... ..more

Bond homage for LUX with Zeta-Jones

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:48:00 +0100

For Unilever's asian-region brand LUX (hair products) JWT Tokyo created a James Bond homage called Alchemist, a seven minutes epic, more a short film than a simple .30 TV commercial. To handle the production, the asian createors relied on English talent... ..more

Overhauled News section

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:44:13 +0000

As part of an effort to fix some long-standing bugs on the site, we had the opportunity to overhaul the News section. News is a central page, kind of a portal, that gives you a sum-up of recent posting on short-form media related blogs. Current blog fee... ..more

Oscars 2009 Short Form Winners

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:58:00 +0000

Clipland would like to congratulate the winners and nominees of the Academy Award 2009 in the short form categories: Best Animated Short La Maison En Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato 1 Lavatory - Lovestory - Konstantin Bronzit Oktapodi - Emud Mokhberi and Thi... ..more